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Can Christie get right with the right? Iowa summit offers a test
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | January 23, 2015 | Thomas Fitzgerald

Posted on 01/23/2015 7:45:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

DES MOINES, Iowa - For months, the 2016 Republican presidential race has been dominated by the "invisible primary" scramble for the backing of the party's donor class.

On Saturday, it goes grassroots.

At least eight likely candidates will give their pitches to 1,500 conservative activists at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, trying to seduce the people who pack a punch in the GOP caucuses, where the first votes of the party's nominating process are scheduled to be cast in a little over a year.

"This is the kickoff to the caucus season," said Cody Hoefert, the Rock City chiropractor who is cochairman of the Iowa Republican Party.

For Chris Christie, it's a chance to gain purchase with a crowd that has been skeptical of his moderate reputation. The New Jersey governor has been upstaged in recent weeks by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, who are exploring campaigns and competing with Christie to be the champion of the party's establishment, pragmatic wing. But Bush and Romney declined invitations to Saturday's summit....

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; chrischristie; christie2106; ia2016; iowa; krispykreme; newjersey
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Can he explain this to us?

1 posted on 01/23/2015 7:45:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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No


2 posted on 01/23/2015 7:46:11 PM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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Nope.


3 posted on 01/23/2015 7:46:30 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is that a trick question?


4 posted on 01/23/2015 7:46:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for you. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to kill you.)
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5 posted on 01/23/2015 7:52:20 PM PST by dontreadthis
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Rhetorical question of the year.


6 posted on 01/23/2015 7:55:03 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fatso Gungrabber Loudmouth is not fooling anyone & needs to go grab himself another Crisco sandwich.


7 posted on 01/23/2015 7:57:25 PM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
No, not a damn thing he can do.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

8 posted on 01/23/2015 7:57:35 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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He's not Pro-Life.
He's not Pro-2nd Amendment.
He's not us.


9 posted on 01/23/2015 7:58:28 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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No, he cannot. Never. Ever.


10 posted on 01/23/2015 7:59:13 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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He cannot get right with us. he has a solid record of things we oppose. So he can just show up and SAY a few things we want to hear and we forget everything?

I have a better idea. OMG im a genius, this just hit me like a bolt outta the blue. ANY Christie, Romney, Bush, Huck types that want to have all forgiven and earn a conservative vote. Here is what I WILL accept as proof of your deep order change.

Do not run in 2016. Aggressively, fully, and financially support, Cruz, Sarah, or a similar positioned candidate. If they win, support them every step of their presidency. Then the next election you run in, I will give you a fair hearing.

Howzabout that?


11 posted on 01/23/2015 8:03:15 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You got your minds right boys?
You best get your minds right.

Pip: “Not me boss. That ain’t no whale. That be a great white god!”
Moby Dickless


12 posted on 01/23/2015 8:07:36 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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Your graphic is dead on.


13 posted on 01/23/2015 8:30:56 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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b>Can Christie get right with the right?

Not only no, but hell no.

14 posted on 01/23/2015 8:54:21 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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You are all correct, however that being said if he runs I will send him some money, and Romney and Bush. Why? I want the RINOs to split THEIR vote for a change. That might give us a Conservative for the general; someone who CAN win a general election. It has been proven that RINOs have a very hard time doing that.


15 posted on 01/23/2015 9:08:51 PM PST by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: Riley
Thank you.

I got to meet with Christie years ago at a Republican function in NJ when I was a Township Chairman. Interestingly enough the local Party Chairmen actually have some real clout at election time. I had him pegged as a RINO from the first time I heard him speak.

I think he is good for NJ and should stay there.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

16 posted on 01/23/2015 9:14:30 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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No anti-gun bigot will ever get my support. President Cruz can appoint himSSecretary of Agriculture, Christie Kreme will make sure that enough food is produced.


17 posted on 01/23/2015 10:41:40 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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The New Jersey governor has been upstaged in recent weeks by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, who are exploring campaigns and competing with Christie to be the champion of the party's establishment, pragmatic SURRENDER wing.

Fixed it.

18 posted on 01/23/2015 10:45:54 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: ConorMacNessa
B T T T ! ! ! ©

19 posted on 01/23/2015 10:47:08 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Fat boi slipped Soetoro tongue on the beach. He sucks on 2A. No thanks. He running in the wrong party.


20 posted on 01/24/2015 1:20:46 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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